Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals

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Detroit Tigers

61-67, 29-36 Away

Final
2 - 5

Kansas City Royals

56-74, 34-30 Home

Royals use 3 solo homers to power past Tigers 5-2 for a sixth straight win

Noah Cameron (8-8) allowed two hits and walked three in five shutout innings. The left-hander was coming off his first career complete game in a 3-0 victory, a one-hitter on the road against the Los Angeles Angels.

John Schreiber got two outs in the seventh, but gave up two runs before Steven Cruz ended the rally with a scoreless 1 1/3 innings. Nate Pearson struck out Dillon Dingler with two on in the ninth for his third save.

Pasquantino hit a one-out double off rookie Troy Melton (7-2) in the fourth and scored on a two-out fielding error by rookie shortstop Kevin McGonigle on Michael Massey's grounder to give the Royals the lead.

Isbel hit a leadoff homer in the fifth to put the Royals up 2-0.

Pasquantino hit his eighth homer, a leadoff shot in the sixth to make it 3-0.

Zach McKinstry had an RBI double and McGonigle singled in a run as the Tigers cut it to 3-2 in the seventh.

Jensen answered with his 17th homer — a 443-foot shot to center — in the seventh. Isbel doubled in a run in the eighth for the final margin.

The Royals were coming off their first four-game sweep of the Athletics in 32 years.

The Tigers have lost three straight and six of their last seven.

Up nex t Tigers RHP Drew Anderson (4-4, 4.01) starts Saturday opposite Royals RHP Michael Wacha (6-8, 3.58).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Dingler struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	McGonigle to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	McGonigle walked. Kansas City Royals challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	McKinstry grounded out to first, Báez to third.
	9th Inning	Torres lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Báez doubled to left.

Statistics

DET		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	14
5	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
20	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	23
40	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
3.6	Runs Created	7.9
.182	Batting Average	.324
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.676
.303	Secondary Average	.441
.325	On Base Percentage	.378
.598	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.055
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.8
20.0	Batter Rating	46.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.41
.091	Isolated Power	.353
1.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.175	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.118
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
71.8	MLB Rating	97.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 29,535 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	-	75	W6	0.522293	82
Chicago	1	76	W3	0.51592356	81
Minnesota	8.5	84	W1	0.46835443	74
Detroit	8.5	84	L1	0.46835443	74
Kansas City	15	90	L5	0.42675158	67

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